[2022] Announcing VALORANT’s Premier Alpha Test

LETS GOOOO HYPE AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

So glad we can finally talk on little bit of what we've had cooking in the kitchen. I just wanted to say thanks to everyone for all the feedback, for ranked, competitive, and telling us your expectations for competitive play in VALORANT. The feedback we receive helps guide us in making decisions when making something like Premier!

I see some comparisons to Clash, and I want to call out that this system isn't as much as a show-up one time and play but more of a play as a team across a season.

From the article: "The team has designed a new in-game feature called Premier that will allow you to build a team and compete across a season of pre-scheduled matches.

In Premier, you will be able to create or join a team of five friends, acquaintances, neighbors and battle for glory against teams of a similar skill level. After building a roster, your team will be placed in a division where you’ll play across a persistent season composed of a mix of weekly matches and tournaments.

Each season will last a few weeks, and if you play your sweatiest, your team may qualify into the end-of-season tournament to battle for the title of Division Champion."

The team is going to be heads down trying to get this ready for the rest of the world, and I'll be around looking at posts and watching feedback. Thanks for being patient, or not and pushing us to work faster LOL, either way the team is excited to build this team competitive system for VALORANT. <3

We are definitely aware of smurfs, the perception of smurfs, and have plans/new ways to tackle smurfs in premier. It's too early to answer, and some things we won't say just to protect how it works, but we are aware of the communities concern and you'll hear more as the system hits future release checkpoints.